Vol. 521 No. 1
76 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the progress of the discussions with social partners regarding the future of the local employment service. [16501/00]
The Government decision of 29 March 1999, which followed a lengthy and wide-ranging consultation process, agreed the implementation of new operational arrangements for the management, development and delivery of the national employment service function. Under these new arrangements, the local employment service is to be assimilated under FÁS, as a discrete component of a more integrated, dual-stranded national employment service – the other component being the existing FÁS employment service.
FÁS has set up a sub-group with ADM and Planet, the representative body of the Partnerships, to agree the technical details to bring this into effect. Discussions are now at an advanced stage.
